Life-saving apparatus.



A. KOWALSKY. LIFE SAVING APPARATUS.

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ADAM KOWALSKY, 0F GARTERET, NEW JERSEY.

LIFE-SAVING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 27, 1914. Serial No. 847,603.

The primary object of this device is to provide a hollow float serviceable for accommodatlng passengers that have been rescued from drowning and so constructed as to be incapable of capsizing.

A further object is to provide a floating passenger car readily accommodated upon the deck of av ship and adapted to be filled with passengers and launched into the water in the event of an accident to the ship or a sinking of the same, the car being arranged to provide for the comfort of the passengers aboard the same.

A still further object is to provide an eggshaped floating passenger car that is incapable of capsizing and is water-tight with the exception of ventilating ports while a mechanical air circulating means is provided in connection therewith.

With these general objects in view and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this application and in which like designating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views :Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is a central vertical longitudinal sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a horizontal transverse central sectional view of the same, and Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a portable stairway devised for use in connection with the device.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, it will be noted that the life saving device broadly consists of a hollow eg -shaped floating car 10 having a passenger room 11 therein and with the lower portion 12 of the ear formed in a solid body beneath the car floor 13. The sides of the room 11 are provided with a door 14 and a plurality of windows 15 all of which are water-tight when closed, while an annular seat 16 is provided for the accommodation of the around the interior, of the room havingdependlng hiandhold straps 18 providedthereon of similar construction to that employed v 1n street cars.

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passengers. A hand rail 17 a is positioned ii For ventilating the passenger room 11, an a I airentrance pipe 19 is provided for admitting air thereto while a further pipe 20 is for the purpose of exhausting-air from the room and thus drawing the same into the room through pipe 19. A circulating fan 21 operated by thecrank22 is positioned in a casing 23 within the room and adjacent the inner end of the outlet pipe 20 and whereby upona turning of the crank the I foul air is forced out of the room through said outlet pipe 20.

When desired to position the car upon the deck of a ship, a band 24 is provided around the reduced lower end thereof and has a plurality of legs 25 secured thereto and having rollers26 uponv the bottoms thereof.

A deck is formed around the car at a level beneath the door and windows thereof and is formed by providing a plurality. of radially disposed beams 27 outwardly projecting from the car and having the flooring boards 28 secured between the upper sides thereof while a railing 29 is placed around the'deck and has a gate 30. Cork blocks 31 are positioned between the beams 27 and provide additional buoyancy to the device. The inner edge of each of the cork members is V-shaped as at 32 thus providing V-shaped spaces arranged around the car and between the adjacent beams for allowing water to flow therethrough and off of the deck.

A rod 33 is arranged axially and secured to the car and is provided with a terminal top ring 34 by which the car may be elevated by means of a hoisting device upon the ship and thus launched over the side thereof and into the water.

It is evident that this car may be positioned upon the deck of a ship and in case of any accident, the same may be filled with passengers and the door closed and where upon when the ship sinks the car will remain floating upon the surface of the water with its occupants unharmed.

For the accommodation of passengers, a portable stairway 35 is provided and has upper and lower posts 36 and 37 respectively pivoted to its opposite sides while the tops of said posts are connected by a hand rail 38 pivoted thereto. The upper post 36 has a downward extension 39 pointed at its lower end and adapted to be positioned upon the ground or the deck of the ship when the stairs are operatively positioned, as best illustrated in Fig. 4. By this arrangement it will be seen that the stairs maybe positioned for use adjacent the gate 30 of the deck so that passengers may readily ascend to the deck of the car.

The;complete operation of the device will be at once apparent from -this detailed description, the car being provided with a ventilating means as described for the comfort of the occupants thereof and having a serviceable seat and also holding straps.

While the forms of the invention herein shown and described are What are believed to be preferable embodiments thereof, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be made in the form, proportion and details of construction Without de parting from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.

What I claim as new is l. A device of the class described comprising a hollow egg-shaped float having the lower portion thereof of solid formation, an annular seat Within said float, a supporting rod axially positioned through said float, a suspension ring at the top of said rod, an annular collar around the reduced lower end of said float, and supporting legs secured to said collar.

2. A device of the class described compris ing a hollow egg-shaped float having a solid lower end, an annular deck secured upon said float, cork members secured beneath said deck and having V-shaped cut away portions adjacent the float and a railing surrounding the upper edge of said deck.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of tWo witnesses.

ADAM KOWALSKY.

Witnesses:

PITER STonnK, SAMUEL B. BROWN.

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